Photo: Jan Tore Eriksen

Ella Øverbye

Ella made her debut in Dag Johan Haugerud’s film Beware of children, which received awards at the Gothenburg Film Festival, the Kanon Award, and the Amanda Award. She also played the lead role as Johanne in the film Dreams, which became the first Norwegian film in over 50 years to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Ella has also appeared in the animated short film Maybe Elephants and plays one of the lead roles in the Fenomen series Flukten fra Bolivia, set to premiere in the fall of 2025.

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Skills

HeightDialectsOther languages
169 cm East-Norwegain, Stavanger English (UK)

Film & TV

Production Production companyDirector RoleYear
Flukten fra Bolivia Fenomen Anna Gutto, Emilie BeckIda Coming
Min første kjærlighetNordisk Film Mari StorsteinAssistent Eli2025
DreamsMotlys Dag Johan Haugerud Johanne2024
Maybe Elephants (short) Mikrofilm Torill Kove, Alex Ivanovici2024
Be aware of children MotlysDag Johan Haugerud Lykke 2019

Education

Institution SpecializationYear
Romerike folkehøgskole Theater 2023-2024

Awards

AwardCategoryProduction Year
Crystal Bear, BerlinaleBest film Drømmer 2025
Dragon AwardBest nordic movie Barn 2020
Amanda AwardBest Norwegian movie Barn 2020
Nordisk råds filmprisBarn 2020
FilmkritikerprisenBarn 2020
Sølvklumpen Best Norwegian movieBarn 2019

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